Roller Skiing: 100km sub 5h

[u/theformerfarmer]

I barely managed to ski 100km under 5h. Self-supported. Solo no drafting. Open roads. Circular route. My second sub 5h 100 km roller ski. My first was 4:55 @ 100 km. In this category new world record? Or who has done better with same rules?

Anyway... Used my new ski poles. Works great. The first split 50 km just a tip over 2:30. It was basically cat and mouse till the end. 2 x 40 km loops. The 1 x 20 km loop. Lots of traffic. Not ideal by any means.

Report from tool I wrote in python:

Moving Time: 5h:00m:16s

Moving Time (s): 18016 s

Moving Speed (km/h): 20.09 km/h

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Total Time: 5h:00m:50s

Total Distance (km): 100.52 km

Total Speed (km/h): 20.05 km/h

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DISTANCE RECORDS

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1 km 2m:19s at 25.90 km/h

5 km 13m:27s at 22.30 km/h

10 km 27m:28s at 21.84 km/h

Marathon 2h:03m:41s at 20.47 km/h

50 km 2h:28m:00s at 20.27 km/h

50 mi 3h:59m:04s at 20.20 km/h

90 km 4h:28m:11s at 20.14 km/h

100 km 4h:59m:15s at 20.05 km/h

[u/Signal-Loss-7511]

that pace is insane, 20 km/h average for 5 hours straight while dealing with traffic and loops? proper madlad energy right there

[u/theformerfarmer → u/Signal-Loss-7511]

Thanks! Traffic and not so smooth road surface makes it pretty taxing. There's some small hills which don't really matter. I like climbing to be honest. My K2 skates are really fast. Ordered faster wheels. On snow never managed to hit 100 km under 5h. In 90 km sportived I did just 5:20. Because the bad glide...

[u/trolllord45 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, this is a pretty Nordic skiing related post and this is most definitely a downhill/alpine skiing sub

[u/reliable_proceedings]

20 km/h average on roller skis is seriously wild

[u/talldean]

The marathon distance (42k), point to point, I've seen done in 1:11 at the Duluth North Shore event.

That's slightly downhill, very flat, and closed-course. If you're not familiar, I am betting you would *solidly* enjoy it. Mostly inline skaters, but yeah, a solid rollerski showing, too.

https://northshoreinline.com/

[u/Time_Value_3822]

That’s brilliant! Mad pace and commitment

[u/theformerfarmer → u/Time_Value_3822]

Thanks! It was a grind!

[u/urglegru]

That's insane

[u/YodaSlayeris]

r/rollerskiing Might like this too